Seamus Heaney is 70

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On Seamus Heaney's 70th birthday, RTÉ and the Irish Museum of Modern Art hosted an event at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. RTÉ's celebration of the poet's birthday featured radio and television programmes, a website and the launch of a 15-CD box set of Heaney reading all his poems.

Title

Heaney at 70

1st Broadcast

13/04/2009

Contributor

Sinéad Crowley (Reporter)

Clip Duration

00:01:35

Material Type

Video

Series title

RTÉ News

Clip title

Seamus Heaney is 70

Extended description

To celebrate the 70th birthday of Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney a series of events took place at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin to mark the occasion. Many well known faces from Ireland's literary and artistic community attended. This included the premiere of music inspired by his work, the launch of an art exhibition and the launch of the poets own recording of his work on CD. Seamus Heaney addresses the gathering in a speech which was also broadcast live on RTÉ Radio.

Information

A RTÉ News report on a celebratory event to mark the 70th birthday of Seamus Heaney.

RTÉ and IMMA hosted the evening at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. RTÉ celebrated Heaney's 70th year across radio, television and the internet. A 15CD set of Seamus Heaney reading his own work was also published.

Local keywords

Literature, Poetry, Poet, Arts, RTÉ, IMMA, Seamus Heaney

Geographical coverage

Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland

Topic

The Media

Publisher Broadcaster

RTÉ

First broadcast channel

RTÉ One

Production year

2009

Country of production

Ireland

Original identifier

BN09/103

IPR restrictions

Rights Reserved - Free Access

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